Monday, January 11, 2010

The last meeting of the Vancouver Surface Design took place on Tuesday, Nov 17th, 2009, hosted at the home of Susan James in Vancouver. Aside from a discussion of our Exquisite Corpse project and exhibition (which is planned for fall of 2010), we enjoyed a presentation by Jessica de Haas on the SDA conference held in Kansas City in June 2009. Next meeting will be February 8th, 2010 at the home of Michelle Sirois-Silver in Vancouver. Contact Jennifer Love for info.

Vancouver Island Surface Design (including members from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands) also meets on a regular basis. They are planning an exhibition, Current Threads, at the Ladysmith Art Gallery, for the month of August, 2010. Please contact Susan Purney-Mark for more info: patchworkstudio@shaw.ca

The last Sunshine Coast Surface Design meeting took place FibreWorks Gallery in Pender Harbour on Dec 1st. The next meeting will be held at Jennifer Love’s new studio, Foxglove Studio Two in Garden Bay, Pender Harbour on Wed, Feb 3rd, 2009. Contact Jennifer for info.

Starting Jan 16, 2010 for six sessions over six weeks: Batik on Paper – with Mariana Frochtengarten.
Dunbar Community Center, Vancouver. Full description, days, hours, cost and on-line registration are available on the WEBSITE

Jan 21 - March 21, 2010: "Sport Re-imagined," a group exhibition showcasing artists whose work challenges, re-imagines and reinterprets sport and the paraphernalia and constructs that surround it. Includes work by BC SDA member Angelika Werth. Leigh Square Community Arts Village, www.portcoquitlam.ca/arts

Jan 23 – April 4, 2010: “Quilt of Belonging,” a 120 foot long Fibre Art Tapestry that is going to be on exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery during the Vancouver Olympics. 13750-88th Avenue, Surrey,BC. www.quiltofbelonging.ca/

Starting Feb 22, 2010 for six sessions over six weeks: Dyeing Fabrics through Resist Techniques - with Mariana Frochtengarten. Dunbar Community Center, Vancouver. Full description, days, hours, cost and on-line registration are available in the following link: WEBSITE

March 19 - 24, 2010: Conference: REINVENTION, Co-sponsored by Surface Design Association (SDA), Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA), and San Francisco State University Art Department – Textiles. Attendees must be members of either SDA or SAQA. Location: Seven Hills Conference Center, San Francisco State University Campus off State Drive. Conference brochure and Registration form are available at: www.surfacedesign.org/documents/Reinvention2010.pdf

March 29 – April 9, 2010: “Fibre in the Forest” - VGFA 40th Anniversary Retreat.
THE VANCOUVER GUILD OF FIBRE ARTS will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2010 with a fibre retreat in the beautiful forests of Loon Lake Camp, B.C. The two week retreat will offer workshops in surface design, draping for sewing, lace knitting, collage, quilting, mark making on cloth, book making, doll making – to name a few – as well as areas for self directed work. Nancy Crow will be one of the instructors. Registration, class lists and calendar are posted on their web site – www.vancouverguildoffibrearts.com/. Questions: Anne Love 604 922 3033.

May 17 to 23, 2010: “Interlacement - a Fibre Symposium.” The Greater Vancouver Weavers & Spinners Guild is turning 75 in 2010. Interlacement will feature Workshops and Lectures with BC and International Fibre Artists at Capilano University, North Vancouver. Full details are on the Guild's website: www.gvwsg.com/interlacement/overview-of-events/